Foreign Affairs

Former policy advisor at the Better Regulation Executive becomes PM at head of coalition government

Home secretary Amber Rudd said department is ‘tooling up’ with extra staff but real capacity will be created by new online system

Campaign group’s FOI compares Whitehall team with US counterparts at July meeting

Former immigration enforcement chief describes scale of Brexit challenge as chancellor pledges 'minimum' customs arrangement by March 2019

Prime minister has confirmed the government is planning for every eventuality, including that no transition agreement is reach by 2019

Appointments watchdog ACOBA approves former PM’s request to work for electronic-payments company

Appointment of new department chief follows Mark Lowcock’s departure to run UN humanitarian agency

ACOBA says cybersecurity role with US firm was announced before it had approved the appointment

In her first interview as permanent secretary of the Department for International Trade, Antonia Romeo tells Richard Johnstone about the progress already made, and the Brexit challenges to come, for this brand new ministry.

Move part of scoping exercise for post-Brexit trading arrangements, MPs told

Amber Rudd responds to call from statistics chief to follow ONS in scrapping system that allows select people to preview official figures

Leaked Home Office paper unveils plans to take immigration status check service entirely online

Antonia Romeo tells CSW that the government is looking for areas where “win-win” deals can be reached quickly

New investigatory powers commissioner begins role inspecting use of state surveillance by public authorities

International trade secretary draws fire for Brexit negotiations complaints

UK statistics chief Sir David Norgrove hits out at Home Office over “damaging” leak of student migration figures to media, in letter also copied to Sir Jeremy Heywood

Heads of Aircraft Carrier Alliance and Submarine Delivery Agency announced

Home secretary also indicates that ONS will set out plan to improve government’s use of administrative data next month

Sir Paul Jenkins says Brexit strategy would involve jurisdiction of European court in "all but name"

Crawford Falconer, who starts at the Department for International Trade this week, says new trade arrangements will “improve the global prospects for political openness and stability”.

Sir Malcolm McKibbin is to join the board of Co-operation Ireland after five years as top civil servant in Northern Ireland

Former foreign secretary said there was a ‘lack of confidence’ in the ministry when he took control in 2010

Think tank says that customs deal with the EU may not fully replicate exiting trade arrangements

Position paper outlines solutions to ensure 'frictionless' trade but critics say it's too 'light on detail'